Burke and Vienna: Orangetheory Fitness Fits Into Community
Childhood friends become married partners, gym owners.
Gaurave Batta and his wife Leyna have always been into sports and fitness. But with two small kids at home and Gaurave running his own business intelligence consulting company, they needed a solution that was efficient, above all else.
Burke, Fairfax Station, Springfield and Mount Vernon: Suds That Save
20 local breweries craft a beer to support one of their own.
Lawrence “Lance” Rose was born in September 2015, two months premature, to parents Matt and Kerri Rose of Alexandria. Just one month before, Kerri had been diagnosed with stage-four adenocarcinoma: stomach cancer.
West Springfield Grad Robinson Moving Up Duquesne Scoring List
Senior guard has Dukes off to best start in program history.
Duquesne senior and 2012 West Springfield guard recently moved into 11th place on the Dukes' all-time scoring list.
Burke Home Sales: November, 2015
In November, 2015, 35 Burke homes sold between $625,000-$120,000.
Burke Home Sales: November, 2015
2016: The Year Ahead in Burke
With winter vacation, unseasonably warm weather and 2015 in their rear-view mirrors, community leaders and elected officials from the Fairfax County School Board, Board of Supervisors, General Assembly turn their attention to some of the most significant issues, developments or decisions in 2016.
Burke, Lorton, Springfield: What is your New Year's resolution?
Area residents share their hopes for 2016
Robinson Announces 2016 HOF Class
The Robinson Athletic Hall of Fame Committee announced the 2016 Class of the Robinson Secondary School Athletic Hall of Fame, which will be inducted on Jan. 23.
A Night of Laughter and Jazz
Talented comic and music artists appearing at Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia.
At 23 years old Haskins is a world-class trumpet player and composer/arranger. He is the originator of “ImproviStory,” a concept in which storytelling drives the creation of improvised music springing from audience interactions.
Burke Women Walk with Purpose
Morning walk becomes personal crusade against litter.
On the walk back, they take out the garbage bags they brought with them and they don gloves. Then they get to work picking up trash they see on the way back to Cohen’s house.
Civil Air Patrol Change of Command and Awards at Burke Squadron
Two long-time members of the Burke Composite Squadron were honored on Dec. 17 in a Change of Command at Irving Middle School in Springfield.
A Year in Review, Highlights of 2015
A year in Burke, Fairfax Station, Clifton, Lorton and Springfield.
Letter: Why Drug Problems Remain in 2016?
To the Editor
As published in your paper, the Fairfax County police described heroin to be a “big problem now” which is “definitely here” amongst certain high school age students as presented to the Lake Braddock Secondary School PTA (“Youth Heroin Use Described As ‘a Big Problem’, Connection, Dec. 10-16, 2015).
Del. Filler-Corn Receives the Jobs for America’s Graduates’ National Network Leadership Award
Del. Eileen Filler-Corn (D-41) was honored by Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG) with their National Network Leadership Award in Washington, D.C.
Debating All Things Metro
Northern Virginia Transportation Commission facilitates public forum with new Metro chief.
When then Falls Church City Council member Dave Snyder was assigned to the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission (NVTC) in 1994 as part of his duties, he says he never suspected that his “luck” would lead him to a topic and to work that is as vital to and as challenging for the region today as it was when he entered that arena more than twenty years ago.
Burke Rotary Club President Receives Recognition at UN
Each year, Rotary Day at the United Nations invites more than 1,300 Rotarians including many Rotary International Directors, Foundation Trustees, past Senior Leaders, and guests to come together at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.